Tiger Moth from Brazil: Dysschema sacrifica

Subject: Black moth Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil February 17, 2017 9:11 am Hi! Do you know what moth is this? It is a black moth with some white (maybe not pure white) details, not bigger than 3cm, with red and yellow tiny “hairy” details. It was seen in Porto Alegre, Brazil during the morning. Thanks in advance! Picture attached. – Brenda Lavoieri Signature: Brenda Lavoieri

Tiger Moth: Dysschema sacrifica

Dear Brenda, This is a Tiger Moth in the subfamily Arctiinae, and we scoured the pages of Insetologia until we located this image of Dysschema sacrifica that appears to be the same as your moth. The species is also pictured on BioLib.